Chapter 49 Makes a cute couple


    "You guys make a really cute couple," Ang said, smiling at both of them.


    A huge pause reigned over them as they both stared awkwardly at each other then at Ang who


    didn''t catch the awkward cue, instead continued smiling sweetly at both of them as if it was a totally


    normal thing to do.


    Yandel looked back at Rachel who had a small smile on her face, she really looked prettier in


    casual clothes than she did in her business attire. From the little show they put on back at the bowling


    site, his hands still felt warm, he knew he was nowhere near getting over this woman, and at the same


    time, he couldn''t afford to lose what they had as friends, thinking back to all the times he had treated


    her badly or mocked her reserved and timid character.


    First time he legit saw her was at a fundraiser back in Berlin where she went with her parents, they


    were both fresh grads from the top notch business school all their parents went to. He was with Maya


    as his date and she was able to attend because her Father owned one of the top business firms in the


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    world and ranked Number 9 at the top most powerful businessmen in the world. Araceli made a grand


    entrance at the biggest fundraiser with her parents.


    The Gracias were amongst the top 3rd most feared and respected businesses in the world and his


    family was ranked the 5th. But for a family that was amongst the PILLARS OF WEALTH, the Gracias


    were pretty much a simple family, they had the best entrances and didn''t do too much media, and only


    people who went to school Araceli knew about her as their daughter. But yet for such a powerful family,


    Araceli turned out to be meek, shy and very withdrawn. Even in sses, she never spoke much and


    had little to no friends.


    This and something that lingered in Yandels heart irritated and angered him to his core, So he


    personally decided to bring her out of herfort zone by making fun of her and trying to make her as


    ufortable as possible. After the meet and greet with hypocritic rich people in the business world


    alongside his parents, they were finally going to talk to the pirs of wealth known as POW(but


    pronounced as ''power'').


    This was like a tradition with families in the business world, before denoting crazy amount of


    money to invincible causes and drawing them back from poor masses, they went around to greet the


    top notch business families for greetings, fake kisses on the cheek and pretending not to detest each


    other for being ahead or for have more power and influence than they did. They finally were going to


    meet the top 3, they first met up with the Millers, An overly southern old money family who probably got


    most of their old money from ve trade back in the seventeenth century or even way back, they had


    just two sons; Alexander and Philips and from rumours, they were both stuck up assholes as expected,


    they didn''t go to the same business school as he, Araceli or the Azariah did but they went to other


    prestige business schools in Europe. Their mother had a very dense southern ent and always


    smiled way too much. It felt creepy and unnecessary, the greetings didn''tst long because his mom


    couldn''t stand them, they were also rumoured to be racist and his mother was French.


    They went ahead to meet the Gracia''s, they were all Italians with thick ent except for Araceli


    who had schooled in Europe and northern America most parts of her life so she skipped on the heavy


    ent, to be honest he didn''t have any problem with the Garcia''s because out of the top 3, they were


    the mostid back, they have a bunch of business around the world which tackled the major issues


    faced in many countries around the world, like Transportation in India, electricity in eastern africa and


    water and security in northern African, Food in mid Europe and alot more, they were a very tactical


    family that conquered by division, and they weren''t just a little family of four, they operated with


    extended families and this is what made them one of the most powerful family.


    "Mr and Mrs Gracia" Mr Baldwin said, giving him both of them kisses on the cheek and his mother


    followed suit as they fell into a conversation naturally leaving just him and Araceli.


    "Well??" Yandel said, looking at Araceli who just avoided eye contact with him and focused more


    on her champagne in her left hand. She was dating a ck jumpsuit with a V opening with a bunch of


    probably real gold chains hanging from side to side of the V opening on her chest showing cleavage.


    Somehow, she managed to rock the outfit confidently and yet still looked ufortable like she had


    been dragged here. I mean it''s not like any of them looked forward to asions like this, because it


    was an almost pointless asion, it was just an excuse for rich people to disy their wealth and


    clothes and fake their interest in fews hours till they went back to their normal day to day life.


    "I don''t want to talk to you Yandel, find something worth nothing doing and just do that already, I''m


    already stressed as it is," Araceli said, in a quiet voice. Her voice was always soft and melodic, it''s like


    it slips out of her mouth in key, it was his guilty pleasure, winding her up just so he could hear her


    speak.


    "That''s the exact reason I''m trying to talk to you, but it seems even you are clueless to this fact,"


    Yandel mocked, her eyes shed with hurt as he said this words and for a moment he felt bad but


    pushed the feeling away, soon her expression went back to being calm.


    "Alright, I''m not tolerating yourpany today, I need to go get another ss," Araceli walked


    away from her parents, even though she knew it meant throwing herself into the lion den of people


    messed up by riches and power, she didn''t mind as long as it got her far away from Yandel who had


    made a habit of rilling her up anytime they met or tried to make her seem or look stupid, she knew she


    would be fine as long as she smiled and acted nicely to people who tried to talk or make little


    conversations with her.


    "You didn''t think I would let you just slip away now, did you," Yandel appeared by her side, linking


    their arms. She groaned internally while keeping a totally calm exterior, something she learnt off years


    of practice, her Mom always told her to keep a calm expression no matter the situation, that it made


    people annoyed, "Never give in to the reaction people want to draw from you, it annoys them when you


    keep calm and show them they have little to no power over you," Her mother told her, every time they


    needed to make public appearance since she was a kid. So in respect to all she had learnt as a kid,


    she didn''t give Yandel the reaction he wanted, instead, she let him keep his hands linked to hers while


    striding towards a waiter waiting with champagne.


    "You know you are a billionaire and a heiress right, they are supposed toe to you," Yandel


    said looking at her weirdly, he was a few good inches taller than her so she knew she would have to


    look up to him if she had to look at him, so she said nothing and kept looking at her target.


    "You are going to be the next heiress to your family, you need to act with power," Yandel Stated


    irritated, he unlinked their arms and looked at her.


    "I did this to get away from you, just kindly leave," Araceli said, quietly trying not to attract too


    much attention.


    "You don''t run away from your problems, you solve them," Those were Yandel''sst words before


    he left her alone.


    "Mom can you please leave them alone, you are making them feel weird," A boy in crutches said,


    "I''m just saying what I think, isn''t that not freedom of speech?," Ang said.


    "No Mom, that''s an invasion of privacy and you are making them feel weird," Her son said, rolling


    his eyes at his mother''s regr matchmaking attitude with strangers she knew nothing about.


    "I''m sorry, this is what she always does with strangers, trying to match make them, I don''t know if


    she thinks she''s cupid." The boy in crutches apologized to both Yandel and Rachel.


    "No it''s fine, your mother is so sweet by the way, helping you with your work," Rachel replied


    smiling.


    "Yeah, she''s a sweet woman," the boy said, hugging his mother with one hand that was no longer


    holding the crutches.


    "I''m Mika by the way," the boy said smiling.


    "I''m Ra...Araceli, and this is Yandel," Rachel said, as she looked at Yandel to see if she noticed her


    slip up.


    "Nice to meet you too," Mika said.


    They went back to meet the bunch. As they went back, she didn''t see Ace which had her panicked


    a bit as before she was told that the twins took him for Ice cream. Her iphone started ringing before she


    checked it to see her mom calling her.


    "Hello Mom,"


    "Sweetheart, Have you heard?" Her Mom said.


    "Heard what?," Rachel asked, a little rmed.


    "The Millers are throwing a fundraiser tomorrow at Greend hall, so we might have to postpone


    the dinner till Sunday," Her Mom said.


    "A fundraiser?!!"


    "Out of nowhere?"


    "Mom isn''t that weird?" Rachel asked.


    "They said it was ast minute n and we need to attend it honey," Mrs Garcia said.


    "Alright Mom,"


    "Bye."


    "What is it?" Yandel asked.


    "The Millers are throwing a fundraiser tomorrow. We were supposed to have dinner, out of the


    blue," Rachel said.


    And she knew who was behind this...